Motivation in grammar and the lexicon
by Panther, Klaus-Uwe, Radden, Günter
fromHuman cognitive processing
Handbook of competence and motivation
"This is a reference and text for anyone interested in achievement motivation and related topics, including social, personality, and developmental psychologists; educational psychologists; and industrial/organizational and sports psychologists. It will serve as a primary or supp…
"This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 topic study group "Affect, beliefs and identity in mathematics education", presents the latest trends in research in the area. Following an introduction and a survey chapter providing a concise overview of the state-of-art in the f…
Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Too often w…
Razones y personas
by Rodríguez González, Mariano, Parfit, Derek
fromTeoría y crítica (A. Machado Libros)
How does motivation work? Scientific research shows that people are motivated by more than the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. Higgins argues that people are motivated by the pursuit of value, truth, and control, but the central story to motivation lies in how the…
